Example sentences of "[pers pn] go over " in BNC.

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31 I went over to the right towards the island in the middle of the road .
32 I was greatly helped by both our families , and by a university friend , Flora Christina ( Ena ) Macraild , a rumbustious and stout-hearted Celt from Dunvegan in Skye , who listened with endless patience and compassion while I went over and over and over both hopeful and dire possibilities .
33 Feeling curious , I went over to say hello .
34 I went over to him wondering if something was wrong or if he was just being lazy .
35 I went over to my clothes on the empty bed .
36 So I went over and said , ‘ That 's all … break to your corners ’ — took it as a joke .
37 Mr Whitechurch described it : ‘ The first train that I went over was the very latest type of West Coast Joint Stock corridor , designed to run from Euston at 11.30 am to Edinburgh and Glasgow , returning from Edinburgh at 11.35 .
38 There was only a bit of spare paper left and some of it had got streaks of cheese-grease on , so I went over to the newsagent 's stall and bought an exercise book for 35p .
39 Leaving the motor running , I went over to the front-shop , hopefully .
40 I went over to the enemy and destroyed my life and that of your dear mother , God rest her soul .
41 I went over to the rear door and looked out , seeing a little open boarding platform with a polished brass-topped balustrade and , beyond , the Canadian Pacific 's single pair of rails streaming away into darkness .
42 I went over to Sheridan to ask him to be quiet and he grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me on to his lap , and I overbalanced and fell and hit the table hard where he was sitting , and I caught the cloth somehow and pulled it with me and everything on it landed on the floor .
43 In 1978 , I went over to France for the final day of the parliamentary elections , expecting to stay up for most of the night as one would in the UK .
44 ‘ We arrived back at Blackpool and after the usual checks with Special and refuelling I went over to the waiting ambulance to join the reception committee .
45 I went over to GMTV in October when the new staff were assembled , ’ he said .
46 So half-way through a take I saw this cigarette butt on the ground , and I went over to it and kicked the cigarette out of the way .
47 I went over to the range to get the kettle and make a pot of tea and listened to their conversation .
48 I went over to comfort her but she shooed me away .
49 ‘ When Terry was coaching Barcelona and I went over to visit him , he asked me to bring a few pounds of good old English pork sausages because he was missing his bangers and mash for tea , ’ he explained .
50 I went over to Barbados with nothing wrote at all .
51 I used to love riding , but I went over a jump seven years ago and the horse stopped , but I kept on going , and I fractured my back , so I thought , I 'm too old for that .
52 When I went over to the lake one day I spotted a seagull in distress .
53 I went over to the screens to see if there was a movie on anywhere .
54 I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it
55 Then I went over to the vice-president 's mansion and played tennis at the naval observatory in Washington a bunch of times .
56 I went over to personnel and said , ‘ What about my son-in-law ?
57 I went over , exchanged greetings with everyone and Graham pointed at an empty table a few yards away and said :
58 I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts .
59 We had last met over a year ago , when I went over to Paris to see an exhibition of the most wonderful Boucheron jewellery going back over a hundred years .
60 ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself .
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